Entry #1 3-20-11
SUMMARY
The first section I read was about how live was and what happen to them first. The author also explains about his family. He had three sisters; Hilda, Bea, and Tzipora. When everything was calm in Sighet, which is the city they lived in, he tried to study Kabbalah. He studied and prayed with Moishe the Beadle. His father often looked down on him for this. Also in this section he tells when Jews were first expelled in Sighet.
VOCAB
surname-name that is added to a person to distinguish they're not Christian
Talmud-learning and discussion on Judaism and pretaining Jewish law ethnic
Kabbalah-discipline and school of thought concerned with the mystical aspect of Rabbinic Judaism
synagogue-Large hall for Jewish prayer
unsentimental-not showing emotion
Entry #2 3-22-11
pg.8-15
Summary
In the second section I read the book got quite disturbing. Moishe was telling his story. THe one that no one beleived or wanted anything to do with. He was taken and his group of people had to dig trenches and after they were done they shot them ruthlessly. He was wounded in the leg and left for dead, but he explained things he had seen. He saw infants thrown in the air as targets for machine guns. Just as everyone thought it was back to normal. Things went bad.
VOCAB
rabbi-teacher of the Torah
diplomacy-the art and practice of negotiating between represenatives
Nyilas-was a party also called the Arrow Cross Party
penetrated-to pass into or through
emblem-pictorial image
Entry #3 4-4-11 PG.16-23
summary
Elie and hisfamilyhave moved to a smaller Ghetto. they are scheuled to leave like aeveryone else but they are staying while everyone is going. Him and his siblings are scared and confused. they are livind=g in they uncle old house. the nazi took their valuables and jewlery.they still have normal meals but not their normal life.
VOCAB
convoy- the protection provided by an escort.
farce-humor of the type displayed in such works
daybreak-first appearence of day light or dawn
morale-emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness
notables-prominent, important, or distinguished
Entry #4 pg.23-27 4-4-11
SUMMARY
Arriving off the train this is what they were told " any gold,silver, or watches you have give." "If any of you go missing you will be shot like dogs." if you were told this what would you do? They got on a new train. When they were informed they were officially controlled by German authority.WHen thye got off they read "Auschwitz"
VOCAB
optimism-thebelief that goodness pervades reality
hysterical-uncontrollably emotional.
reassure-to assure again
interpreter-person who provides an oral translation between speakers who speakdifferentlanguages
constraints-limitation or restriction.
Entry #5 Pg 27-35 4-5-11 Summary
People are scared, thristy and lonely. One women is losing her mind. Screaming fire theres a fire. Everyone is frighten until they realized she was hilusunating. People lay huddle together and ashamed. finally men held her down to try to get her quite and finallly tied her up and gagged her. He said it was more painful to watch her son lay next to her crying than watch the lady lose her mind.
VOCAB
imperative-absolutely necessary or required invectives- vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach existence-continuance in being or life paternal-characteristic of or befitting a father monocle-an eyeglass for one eye.
Entry #6 Pg.35-43 4-8-11
Summary Where they still alive? nobody could tell if they were dreaming/hilusonating. THey are so hungery and thristy. MArching for miles at a time. Soilders are going hard on them. THey have no hope for staying alive
Vocab
baton-a rod of lightweight metal fitted with a weighted bulb at each end and carriedandtwirled by a drum major or majorettedrum majorette. crematoria-a crematory. procession-to go in procession. raus-
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Entry # 7 pg. 43- 47
summary
There is no future for them, this is it. This was the thought going through everyones head. Walking, marching, and crying. The three things before they had to strip and line up to be burned alive. When Elie looked up he saw truck loads of children and babies being dumped in the burning pit. Then next was women and men. What a thought.....
vocab
nocturnal-done, occurring, or coming at night vigor-activestrength or force lucidity-easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible convalescent-or pertaining to
cremation-the burning of the human body, after death
Entry #8 pg. 47-53
It was time to get into groups or into barracks. To torture them they made them run as long as they could before they wood drop and it was in the freezing cold. Soon they had a group leader a gypsie. Elie's father was struck in the face for asking were the toilet was. Soon the nazi leader of the place they were in. He annouced these wrods, "You are in Aucshwitz, you will be worked hard, if you do not you will be shot or put into a chimney(crematorim) alive".
Vocab
barracks-a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison.
attentively- thoughtful of others; considerate; polite; courteous:
comrades- a person whoshares in one's activities, occupation,
compulsory-required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory
dehydrated-not having enough water, in need of nutrients
Entry #9 pg. 53-61
Summary
Teaching father to march is getting difficult, having Nazi soliders constantly laughing at you. Elie and his father are worked very hard and get beaten up to four times a day. Guards find it funny to make us run in place for what seems like forever. One old women fell and was "disposed" of. The days seemed to be getting longer and harder to get through now. now to make things worse, a half hour before work was done roll call happened. Everyone was stunned. the sweat was running down when elie herd his name get called to step foward and got 25 lashes to the back for seeing Idek with a young polish girl.
vocab
adjoining-beingin contact at some point or line; located next to another;
latrines-a toiletorsomething used as a toilet
cauldrons-a large kettle or boiler
muster-to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
writhered-a writhing movement; a twisting of the body, as in pain
Entry #10 4-18-2011 Summary Everyone was ordered to takes their caps off. Airplanes flying oover head, sirens going off. They have come they have come to save them! Well not really they bombed the factory. But wait Elies father was working. He started thinking thte wrost until. HE came out and was ok. vocab
pipel-young servant ailing-sickly; unwell anguished-feeling,showing, or accompanied stifled-to quell, crush, or end by force grandeur-thequality or state of being impressive or awesome
Entry #11
summary-
We were all gathered around praying for the new year. This was supposed to be a happy time, but yet I seee father crying and shrugged over by the wall. It was Yom Kippur the day of fasting. Should they fast? Everyday they are fasting "in hell". Most people did not. They didn't want to die on that great day, but they wanted God to see them and help them in his silence.
vocab
lament-an expression of grief or sorrow
contary- opposite in direction or position:
surreal- of, pertaining to
midst-the position of anything surrounded by other things or parts
frail-easilybroken or destroyed
Entry #12
summary
Move your limbs, add some color to your skin, don't walk slowly but run, and most important don't be afraid. What would you do if you were given this advice to live through the SS doctors. Would you try? or would you give up? They waited but then they cam all the doctors including Dr. Mengele. He called out a list of our numbers. Elie and his father both past. Along with their friends Tibi and Yossi.
vocab
midway-the amusements, concessions, etc., located on or aroundthis place or way
despair-loss of hope; hopelessness
weariness-physically or mentally exhausted by hard work
emaciated-not constrainedor restricted by custom, tradition,superstition
vented-expression; utterance; release
Entry # 13
Summary
Why would anybody trust these Nazis, these dirty and cruel people. They promised us we would be safe. You promised we would go to the depot and work. This was useless to scream at them they would just hurt or shoot us. The Nazis couldn't bare just seeing us stand there. Orders came out, " everybody march"! "LEFT, RIGHT". The words stung like bullets.
vocab
plodded-to walk heavily or move laboriously
decisive-characterized by or displaying no or little hesitation
infirmary-a place for the care of theinfirm, sick, or injured; hospital or facility serving as a hospital
deysentery-a deadly disease
amputated- to cut off
entry # 14
summary
Winter came in the camp. They worked as usual and there bodies like the stone they were carrying. Soon Christmas and New Years came. They didnt have to work. Mid-January Elie noticed his foot sweelling from the cold and realized it was not goood he was sent to the infirmary. Lucky for him a GREAT jewish doctor came to help him. He needed an operation.
vocab-
deluded-to mislead the mind or judgment of
propheises-to foretell or predict.
annihilate-to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence
pending-while awaiting; until
utter-to give audible expression to;
entry # 15
summary
the word EVACUATION was in the air. The sirens went of for roll call but instead an announcement. Tomorrow we will leave somewhere deep in Germany. And so we marched in cold snowy weather. His foot was burning as the wound reopened. Before they had left they had to clean there block top to bottom because " to make liberators think men lived here not pigs". So Jews were people after all. There was shooting all around even next to me for people who couldn't keep up.
Vocab
bartered-o exchange in trade, as one commodity for another
inheritance-the genetic characters transmitted from parenttooffspring
slaughterhouse-a building or place where people are killed
comprehend-to take in or embrace; include; comprise
inflection-modulationofthevoice; change inpitch ortoneofvoice
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Entry #1 3-20-11
SUMMARY
The first section I read was about how live was and what happen to them first. The author also explains about his family. He had three sisters; Hilda, Bea, and Tzipora. When everything was calm in Sighet, which is the city they lived in, he tried to study Kabbalah. He studied and prayed with Moishe the Beadle. His father often looked down on him for this. Also in this section he tells when Jews were first expelled in Sighet.
VOCAB
surname-name that is added to a person to distinguish they're not Christian
Talmud-learning and discussion on Judaism and pretaining Jewish law ethnic
Kabbalah-discipline and school of thought concerned with the mystical aspect of Rabbinic Judaism
synagogue-Large hall for Jewish prayer
unsentimental-not showing emotion
Entry #2 3-22-11
pg.8-15
Summary
In the second section I read the book got quite disturbing. Moishe was telling his story. THe one that no one beleived or wanted anything to do with. He was taken and his group of people had to dig trenches and after they were done they shot them ruthlessly. He was wounded in the leg and left for dead, but he explained things he had seen. He saw infants thrown in the air as targets for machine guns. Just as everyone thought it was back to normal. Things went bad.
VOCAB
rabbi-teacher of the Torah
diplomacy-the art and practice of negotiating between represenatives
Nyilas-was a party also called the Arrow Cross Party
penetrated-to pass into or through
emblem-pictorial image
Entry #3 4-4-11 PG.16-23
summary
Elie and hisfamilyhave moved to a smaller Ghetto. they are scheuled to leave like aeveryone else but they are staying while everyone is going. Him and his siblings are scared and confused. they are livind=g in they uncle old house. the nazi took their valuables and jewlery.they still have normal meals but not their normal life.
VOCAB
convoy- the protection provided by an escort.
farce-humor of the type displayed in such works
daybreak-first appearence of day light or dawn
morale-emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness
notables-prominent, important, or distinguished
Entry #4 pg.23-27 4-4-11
SUMMARY
Arriving off the train this is what they were told " any gold,silver, or watches you have give." "If any of you go missing you will be shot like dogs." if you were told this what would you do? They got on a new train. When they were informed they were officially controlled by German authority.WHen thye got off they read "Auschwitz"
VOCAB
optimism-the belief that goodness pervades reality
hysterical-uncontrollably emotional.
reassure-to assure again
interpreter-person who provides an oral translation between speakers who speak different languages
constraints-limitation or restriction.
Entry #5 Pg 27-35 4-5-11
Summary
People are scared, thristy and lonely. One women is losing her mind. Screaming fire theres a fire. Everyone is frighten until they realized she was hilusunating. People lay huddle together and ashamed. finally men held her down to try to get her quite and finallly tied her up and gagged her. He said it was more painful to watch her son lay next to her crying than watch the lady lose her mind.
VOCAB
imperative-absolutely necessary or required
invectives- vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach
existence-continuance in being or life
paternal-characteristic of or befitting a father
monocle-an eyeglass for one eye.
Entry #6 Pg.35-43 4-8-11
Summary
Where they still alive? nobody could tell if they were dreaming/hilusonating. THey are so hungery and thristy. MArching for miles at a time. Soilders are going hard on them. THey have no hope for staying alive
Vocab
baton-a rod of lightweight metal fitted with a weighted bulb at each end and carried and twirled by a drum major or majorettedrum majorette.
crematoria-a crematory.
procession-to go in procession.
raus-
Holly-Please add more DETAIL to your entries! Mrs. W. 4/10
Entry # 7 pg. 43- 47
summary
There is no future for them, this is it. This was the thought going through everyones head. Walking, marching, and crying. The three things before they had to strip and line up to be burned alive. When Elie looked up he saw truck loads of children and babies being dumped in the burning pit. Then next was women and men. What a thought.....
vocab
nocturnal-done, occurring, or coming at night
vigor-active strength or force
lucidity-easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible
convalescent-or pertaining to
cremation-the burning of the human body, after death
Entry #8 pg. 47-53
It was time to get into groups or into barracks. To torture them they made them run as long as they could before they wood drop and it was in the freezing cold. Soon they had a group leader a gypsie. Elie's father was struck in the face for asking were the toilet was. Soon the nazi leader of the place they were in. He annouced these wrods, "You are in Aucshwitz, you will be worked hard, if you do not you will be shot or put into a chimney(crematorim) alive".
Vocab
barracks-a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison.
attentively- thoughtful of others; considerate; polite; courteous:
comrades- a person who shares in one's activities, occupation,
compulsory-required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory
dehydrated-not having enough water, in need of nutrients
Entry #9 pg. 53-61
Summary
Teaching father to march is getting difficult, having Nazi soliders constantly laughing at you. Elie and his father are worked very hard and get beaten up to four times a day. Guards find it funny to make us run in place for what seems like forever. One old women fell and was "disposed" of. The days seemed to be getting longer and harder to get through now. now to make things worse, a half hour before work was done roll call happened. Everyone was stunned. the sweat was running down when elie herd his name get called to step foward and got 25 lashes to the back for seeing Idek with a young polish girl.
vocab
adjoining-being in contact at some point or line; located next to another;
latrines-a toilet or something used as a toilet
cauldrons-a large kettle or boiler
muster-to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
writhered-a writhing movement; a twisting of the body, as in pain
Entry #10
4-18-2011
Summary
Everyone was ordered to takes their caps off. Airplanes flying oover head, sirens going off. They have come they have come to save them! Well not really they bombed the factory. But wait Elies father was working. He started thinking thte wrost until. HE came out and was ok.
vocab
pipel-young servant
ailing-sickly; unwell
anguished-feeling, showing, or accompanied
stifled-to quell, crush, or end by force
grandeur-the quality or state of being impressive or awesome
Entry #11
summary-
We were all gathered around praying for the new year. This was supposed to be a happy time, but yet I seee father crying and shrugged over by the wall. It was Yom Kippur the day of fasting. Should they fast? Everyday they are fasting "in hell". Most people did not. They didn't want to die on that great day, but they wanted God to see them and help them in his silence.
vocab
lament-an expression of grief or sorrow
contary- opposite in direction or position:
surreal- of, pertaining to
midst-the position of anything surrounded by other things or parts
frail-easily broken or destroyed
Entry #12
summary
Move your limbs, add some color to your skin, don't walk slowly but run, and most important don't be afraid. What would you do if you were given this advice to live through the SS doctors. Would you try? or would you give up? They waited but then they cam all the doctors including Dr. Mengele. He called out a list of our numbers. Elie and his father both past. Along with their friends Tibi and Yossi.
vocab
midway-the amusements, concessions, etc., located on or aroundthis place or way
despair-loss of hope; hopelessness
weariness-physically or mentally exhausted by hard work
emaciated-not constrained or restricted by custom, tradition,superstition
vented-expression; utterance; release
Entry # 13
Summary
Why would anybody trust these Nazis, these dirty and cruel people. They promised us we would be safe. You promised we would go to the depot and work. This was useless to scream at them they would just hurt or shoot us. The Nazis couldn't bare just seeing us stand there. Orders came out, " everybody march"! "LEFT, RIGHT". The words stung like bullets.
vocab
plodded-to walk heavily or move laboriously
decisive-characterized by or displaying no or little hesitation
infirmary-a place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured; hospital or facility serving as a hospital
deysentery-a deadly disease
amputated-
to cut off
entry # 14
summary
Winter came in the camp. They worked as usual and there bodies like the stone they were carrying. Soon Christmas and New Years came. They didnt have to work. Mid-January Elie noticed his foot sweelling from the cold and realized it was not goood he was sent to the infirmary. Lucky for him a GREAT jewish doctor came to help him. He needed an operation.
vocab-
deluded-to mislead the mind or judgment of
propheises-to foretell or predict.
annihilate-to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence
pending-while awaiting; until
utter-to give audible expression to;
entry # 15
summary
the word EVACUATION was in the air. The sirens went of for roll call but instead an announcement. Tomorrow we will leave somewhere deep in Germany. And so we marched in cold snowy weather. His foot was burning as the wound reopened. Before they had left they had to clean there block top to bottom because " to make liberators think men lived here not pigs". So Jews were people after all. There was shooting all around even next to me for people who couldn't keep up.
Vocab
bartered-o exchange in trade, as one commodity for another
inheritance-the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring
slaughterhouse-a building or place where people are killed
comprehend-to take in or embrace; include; comprise
inflection-modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice
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